• Novomessor in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Forel, 1917: 241; Emery, 1921c: 66 [subtribe Stenammini]; Wheeler, 1922: 661; subsequent authors.
• Novomessor in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini: Donisthorpe, 1943g: 675; Kempf, 1972b: 166.
• Novomessor in Myrmicinae, Stenammini: Ward et al., 2015: 77 [by implication as Novomessor included in Aphaenogaster.]
• Novomessor as junior synonym of Aphaenogaster: Brown, 1974b: 47; Smith, 1979: 1360; Bolton, 1982: 364; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Brandão, 1991: 326; Ogata, 1991b: 83; Bolton, 1995b: 39; Tang et al., 1995: 49; Bolton, 2003: 229.
• Novomessor as genus: Forel, 1917: 241; Emery, 1921c: 66; Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 343; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 675; Creighton, 1950a: 155; Kempf, 1972b: 166; Hölldobler et al., 1976: 32; Demarco & Cognato, 2015: 7.

Obsolete classifications

• Novomessor (Novomessor)

Citations

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